good. video on demand. mind. and r.s.s. feeds and if you want. to. call . the week's top stories right here on our t.v. british special forces soldiers released by libyan opposition as a fears grow of imminent foreign military intervention in the country. yet think we'd be in iraq if the major export there was broccoli and experts say calls for military action in libya are being driven by skyrocketing fuel prices in the us. we are in an information war and we are losing that war and winning hearts and minds abroad hillary clinton asks for more funding has brought us message overseas as more people turn to alternative sources for news. and the russian law

enforcement gets a make over in a bid to regain public trust major reforms see the force renamed and officers retrain. broadcasting live from our studios in central moscow this is our g we're glad to have you with us take a look at our top story first to libya where british soldiers were released after being seized by gadhafi forces as more western world ships and planes moved closer to the country at least six special air service soldiers were in the eastern part of the country escorting a diplomat who was supposed to negotiate with the rebels the opposition leadership said they were outraged by the incident seeing it as a foreign intervention into libya's internal affairs this comes as the country slips closer to civil war with fighting intensifying and reports of airstrikes and

heavy weaponry. as more. on saturday the libyan leader moammar gadhafi launched a fresh military offensive he's trying to retake some of the towns he's lost in the past eighteen days of fighting there were some seventy people killed those are the latest reports we're receiving and more than three hundred people injured with reports of it strikes and live ammunition and growing fears that libya is descending into civil war now many of the media in europe and in the united states has been supporting the rebels there have been editorials in major american and european newspapers actually calling on the waist to support the rebels and attack gadhafi the latest word we hearing is that the western media is trying to portray the duffys forces as a losing and the opposition forces as winning that as you can see from these pictures it certainly is not clear who has the upper hand there also analysts who are pushing forward on the opinion of the western media is so empty gadhafi because he has taken such

a strong stand in the past against western interference in developing countries relations words on the british government is that it is confirming that it is considering and is on standby to deploy its forces within twenty four hours and says that these forces will be used for humanitarian and evacuation purposes and not for any kind of military intervention the latest word we have from the u.s. is that it's to the russians have a lift crease and according to a statement they issued they are part of the military buildup around libya now they also know that france and the united kingdom are putting pressure on the united nations security council to make a decision on a no fly zone parties are reporting for us of their their homburg based peace activist dr young wagner thanks western leaders who supported gadhafi in recent years should themselves be brought to justice. the new liberal agenda has been followed by many countries and which has led in the end to

a kind of civil war or war situation new liberal agenda means selling oil resources to foreign investors and basically. cutting down the spending on any kind of social program that's all part of the logic of all element of globalization. and your liberal agenda what should happen next words would be nice to see some western leaders who have been in close alliance with colonel gadhafi for the last ten years at least be brought to trial. trends forecaster gerald solenn taste says it's not support for the libyan people but interest in the country's vast oil fields that's driving us rhetoric and action. the only reason they're interested in libya is about that you oil you hear anybody screaming and yelling about all those people last week that were killed in the ivory coast or who. i guess cocoa was it that you know as much of

a national priority that they don't try anything but we already heard hillary clinton say that they're willing to do anything for anybody in libya that needs aid so there is a pretty good out there already they talking about no fly zones and they have popular sea is just beyond the belief i mean for example they need has anybody called for a war criminal trials against mubarak as they all are for the you know in all of the world is the western world of calling for his head but the other heads in bahrain and in yamin and in egypt are you know they're ok chimneys you leave them alone what they're calling for gadhafi said why because it's so loyal you think we'd be in iraq if the major export there was broccoli as the arab world continues to sink into chaos the cost of oil is jumping to new heights experts claim that skyrocketing prices in the u.s.

are threatening the country's economy and as often as more lister discovered the height and energy costs could see the obama administration come under fire. i was tunisia was the. plane. was generated. to be a protest in country seeming to fuel one another unrest spreading like wildfire through the movie north africa all raging in only here for your rich countries to help fuel the world's use but more than eighty four million barrels of crude a day. uncertainty over production has said prices soaring mean a shock waves from the middle east turmoil are being felt worldwide now the mideast crisis is hitting home for outrage americans as oil prices have skyrocketed so too

have the prices people pay for gasoline and now the price americans pay at the pump is threatening to derail the u.s. economic recovery a surge in oil. prices will be the end of the u.s. economy not just an end to the recovery there's no more bailouts like a reality peak oil expert michael c. rupert sees happening it boil hits one hundred fifty dollars a barrel which he believes is inevitable this year others predicted going to two hundred twenty dollars it's so devastating because oil. fuels more than just cars. it fuels the entire global economy. though there's no doubt that if gas goes to five dollars a gallon for americans something there would be a high political price to pay for the obama administration's you know gasoline prices go up to much and for a very long period and it could be

a severe. your political impact if there is no denying the u.s. has played a role in the events that have transpired in the middle east. every time u.s. president barack obama went to the podium calling for this that there must be reform political social and economic reforms that meet the aspirations of the egyptian people and calling for egyptian president hosni mubarak's resignation he was calling for an end to the status quo which means a rise and insurgency and move rich region so did leaders weigh the toll it could take on their own economy some argue they don't have the power to kind of waning back up trying to push their back against an avalanche and i don't think we're going to hear a lot of success that may not stopping us from trying to take control some observers believe the u.s. may intervene militarily in libya more oil reserves are now fit under false

pretenses of helping protesting people has nothing to do with interest people it has everything to do with the interest of the u.s. corporate oil corporations military. profit even way analysts say the price of fuel going up will simply fuel public rage and the government is largely helpless the american people are going for a very nasty ride and there's no way out of it now if i can tell you the government understands that it's time lauren mr r.t. new york. and still ahead for you this hour the man who changed the course of history for the u.s.s.r. . the story computer global of media i don't agree when people say that it is the work of failed it didn't fail it was destructive to our team looks into the legacy of the soviet union's first and only president. who celebrated his eightieth birthday this week. and we explore why the british are wary of an upcoming

nationwide census over fears their personal information might end up in the hands of the u.s. if the word yes. hundreds of people flooded the streets of afghanistan's capital to protest over the deaths of nine children killed in a nato air raid last week protesters directed their anger at the u.s. occupation and afghan government the demonstrations of the country's president hamid karzai his condemnation of the protests are continuing despite apologies from president obama and military officials civilian casualties are a sensitive issue in afghanistan for over one hundred innocent afghans have been killed in a nato military operation and recent weeks political activist sultanzoy explains why the alliance castile with its anti-terrorist making matters worse for after. it's very difficult to translate these apologies into really meaningful.

things to victims' families these are casualties that have been happening for too many years and there are too many civilian casualties the people of afghanistan the civilians are the victims of both the nato civilian casualties and the terrorists who come with suicide bombings and with indiscriminate targeting of civilian areas and the people of afghanistan are tired of both the hearts of the people of afghanistan or at the hands of two incompetent players one player is the international community and one player is the afghan government and both players are incompetent and ignorant about the true meaning of hearts and minds the intention of this war was to fight terror but the people are honest have become that victim of terror the united states and coalition forces have to do much better and they have to also hold the afghan side also at a higher standard in this case both the afghan government and the international

community are held responsible in their eyes and and and the eyes of the people of afghanistan that was political activist daoud sultanzoy. talking to our to you earlier now hillary clinton says the u.s. is losing an information war to foreign media outlets including archie this week of the secretary of state and asked congress for more cash to step up america's efforts to get its message across. reports war declared the us is now officially in an information battle with foreign media which provide alternative views on world news views which often running contrast to the coverage of events by the us mainstream media we are in an information war and we are losing that war i'll be very blunt in my assessment al jazeera is winning. the chinese have opened up a global english language and multi language television network the russians have

opened up an english language network i've seen it in a few countries and it's quite instructive we are cutting back and the b.b.c. is cutting back some five years ago western media outlets including c.d.c. and c.n.n. had a near monopoly in the coverage of war he said feel things have changed since then more and more viewers across the world tuning in to various foreign media to get a fresh take on events clearly the united states feels on the defensive in part because it can no longer monopolize not only the terms of you know the soroti in these countries but also the terms of the debate there's other information out there other points of view and those points of view are profoundly damaging to a country that believes that it's going to view is the only point of view or should be the only point of view r.t. presence on you tube is one example almost three hundred million viewers as opposed to c.n.n.

that has around three million archy's constantly growing audience is already an indication to many that the days of media monopoly are over and people demand a move to pull their approach to. real commitment to the kind of freedom of diverse speech that we really need if we're going to be in a democracy at home and in a you know a community of nations overseas and now the administration is seeking more funding to step up u.s. propaganda efforts have brought during the cold war we did a great job in getting america's message out after the berlin wall fell we said ok fine enough of that you know we've done it we're done and unfortunately we are paying a big price for it so last year the head of the agency that manages the u.s. government for an international broadcasting asked for more money for his department we can't allow ourselves to be out communicated by our enemy. the list of enemies included question china iran and venezuela walter isaacson the head of

the sea which runs with american on the other media outlets later backtracked on this statement isaacson speech for more funding seemed even more unconvincing considering his agency has a budget of seven hundred fifty million dollars and it's way more than the budget of r t iran's press t v and venezuela's helis work come by probably money alone can't provide global will get clout walter isaacson's speech last year sent quite a hostile measures to foreign media exposing shortcomings in the us mainstream but that very clear statement made it official the us is fighting a global information war and it's i'm going to stick our reporting from washington r.t. . the last leader of the soviet union. of celebrated his eightieth birthday this week known as a die hard advocate for peace his name has become symbolic with the end of the cold war president dmitry medvedev marked day by awarding him one of russia's highest honors seeking to create a more open and prosperous u.s. as are his initiatives ranged from introducing free speech to

a massive overhaul of the state's economy he is also famed for his leading role in scrapping the berlin wall and the reunification of germany in one thousand nine hundred his efforts will awarded with the nobel peace prize but barely a year later the soviet union collapse some critics blame his unfinished reforms for the disorder and turmoil that plagued russia in the one nine hundred ninety s. while others resent him for destroying the powerhouse that was the u.s.s.r. but despite the criticism of former leaders still says russia was in desperate need of change. if i don't agree when people see the destroyed have failed it didn't fail it was disrupted derailed stocks but still perestroika achieved a lot of people realized they had finally got some freedom an opportunity to act inside russia we had democracy free elections freedom of conscience. plight of property freedom to travel abroad everything in foreign affairs we put an end to

the cold war we normalize our relationship with the u.s. we reunited germany we didn't send our tanks our troops there all our units in eastern europe states where they work it wasn't always easy and many things did not work out the way we planned but at the beginning when we made our first mistakes we didn't really explain to people what was going on and didn't get them involved in all those processes we were self-confidence. and of course you can catch the full interview with me while going to charge along with many of our other exclusives on our website at our two dot com. the u.k. is preparing for a nationwide census to take place later this month and government says it will help provide the services and resources people need but involvement of a controversial u.s. defense corporation leaves many fearing their privacy violated artie's laura and it reports. it's census time in the u.k. when every household in the country is asked to provide detailed information about

their lives to the government so they can keep track of what's going on and who will be in charge of this sensitive data. yes it's controversial u.s. arms manufacture a lot peter martin and campaigners ranging from religious groups to peace activists to data protection lobbyists are really against it on ethical grounds play on the number of oppressive regimes but also. the u.s. heavily in the wars they fought in iraq and afghanistan opposed by the majority of people in britain even if supported by the british government hill vows to boycott the census despite the risk of prosecution he says he won't be alone look he makes land mines and nuclear weapons and contracts out interrogation kuantan of a bay although it will be the u.k. all that carries out the survey there's still

a worry that the information could fall under the auspices of the us patriot act which compels personal data held by any company on systems in the us to be made available to government intelligence the office but national statistics which in gauged lockheed martin maintains it's taken measures to make sure u.s. authorities can't access the data. old dancer process will be carried out in the u.k. so will leave will be held at any point outside the u.k. no lockheed martin staff will have access to any personal census data all dancers the property of the. only u.k.e. you owned companies will have any access. it's that last point that's raise red flags for data protection lobbyists who say that all the private information collected during the census will be available to practically any organization that requests it any use found any statute. any use by the

security or intelligence services for national security purposes any use for the pursuit of crime any use in pursuit of an e.u. community obligation so any e.u. rules that information can be passed over so it's essentially any government use whatsoever of competition houses be republished and u.k. government agencies don't exactly have a great track record when it comes to safeguarding information three years ago a file containing secret terror related documents was left on a train more recently the national health service lost the medical records of tens of thousands of people thanks to lockheed martin's involvement in the census it would be hard for the u.s. authorities to lay their hands on that information if they wanted a tip in the stead says it's used by the government towards grants to local councils and recognize new groups in society a sense is run by lockheed martin raises grave concerns in britain about ethics and

international security if a lot of people boycott this that says it'll make it ineffective and a waste of money but the two hundred forty million dollar contracts amount will go into looking at martins pocket anyway your emmett's r.t. loved it still to come here is one vote the tension of russia's prime minister. from moscow with the pm for the ladies of the day party. we have all the highlights just. now for a look at some other major headlines from around the world. love is once again spewing from one of the most active volcanoes now away or in hawaii fired molten lava one thousand meters into the air on sunday scientists say the eruption was started shortly after the floor of the crater collapsed no homes are under threat in the area the volcano has been in constant eruption since the one nine hundred eighty three. their wells afford to space crews and for discovery the

hatches of the shuttle discovery and the international space station have been closed marking the beginning of the last trip for the oldest and most traveled american spacecraft like discovery will undoubtably there on monday and is scheduled to touch down in florida on wednesday the mission so astronauts deliver the first ever humanoid robot into space phyllis's with scientific research shuttles and devore and atlantis are going to make very final trips next bringing the u.s. space shuttle program to lead russian law enforcement has given and much needed a go over this week the public trust with public trust in the force sinking to an odds are low it's hoped new reforms and a name change will return it to credibility and as artie's cutter you know as our reports there's a lot riding on the overhaul paperwork and cosmetics a change of title and hopefully actions and attitudes these lines for us and

officers are abandoning their soviet era name of meat fair in favor of the world the recognizable police and the government it's a first step down a long road towards not are now using the service and arresting a sharp decline in public perception. the people stressed of the boys in blue has been dealt a huge blow in recent years it's led to a new society amongst officers and outrage from knows they're supposed to protect incidents like the supermarket rampage by officer leaves to cough to open fire an innocent shoppers killing two and wounding seven it was the final straw that fueled calls for reform but can changing their name bring about a change in behavior while some insist that any change is long overdue for others it's purely cosmetic of the very fact that there were so many accidents with police officers behaving illegally in russia during the previous years.

this very fact is not going to be changed by the change of the law because these illegal practices were contrary to the previous legislation as well as called it was the current work the big question is whether there is the political will. they get it under control the police themselves though are preparing for the changes to come up with a huge part of our ratings will depend on the people of this country how they evaluate our conformance. this colonel is already grasping the essence of modernizing the force her students seemed eager to absorb as much information before their upcoming exams so that it was going to everyone will be tested physical ability knowledge of new law civic duties all those are included in the new exams there will be no one golden says for anyone either pass the test or leave the force other changes are a mixed blessing there'll be a twenty percent cut in personnel but the remaining officers will get

a pay rise there will be better screening of new recruits with every detail of an applicant's background put under the microscope but until all that takes effect officers have to knuckle down to the job in hand restoring honor to russia's police is a tough task and the public are no pushover judges but the force is determined to turn it around re-examining staff redesigning the uniforms all those changes without a lot of time to be fully implemented but one of the first things that change will be signs like these which soon will feature internationally recognisable policing casuarinas are. you can always find more on our website r t v dot com and online right now also you know some cool things. russians are celebrating the last day of last year let's take that skilling up before fasting for lent. and see what russia's latest fighter jet put through its paces on its maiden flight

. to moscow nightclub has sparked controversy by hosting a putin party without the prime minister's permission organizers say the theme was chosen by their female clients as part of this week's international women's day celebrations and as sara furthur and out the russian name can really draw a crowd. like night. and. bite. the bullet is exactly this type of. other it's a possibility if. i can. image it mr prime minister himself and all of us working with him we are trying to do very careful about not letting his name being used. in

a proper sense. he himself is favoring the cases where his name is used for the promotion of a healthier way of living for promotion. to children for promoting whatever useful but certainly i mean using his name for promoting and party in a private club in my opinion is proper. the theme of the party which was. the name of the prime minister was chosen by the public surpassing the names of truth. is not a commercial about we knew might be controversial so we decided to throw in. some of the people who like their own things like they follow that that's not. the nightclub has nothing do with mr o. i think a promoter got a really good idea. i think if you could go back to washington.

and take over having a bomb and i never got this attention i'd be making a ton of money but if. they think it's a lot of. strong. countries i had thought. the great. this is the body i was a private it was. inappropriate when i. was a. private. like i was a bad bad bad if that was really a lot of it had said i'm a great fan of those. so i'll be back with a recap of read sidelines in just a few moments.

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